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Have you or do you...

Leave your baby in the car while you unload groceries or other items and take them to the door?
I do this when it's frigid or when it's raining and my friend thinks it's just horrible. I can still see my child, too.

If I am just dropping off something & intend to go right back out I do. Cars in the driveway. Its not running. Why take kid out of seat & drag them in just to drop off a few bags? If I am staying & they are awake then I take them in first. But if someone is asleep, I do take the stuff in first because chances are they will wake up when I take them in & be cranky & clingy & not let me bring the stuff inside.

Answer by
Anonymous
at 2:05 PM on Dec. 9, 2010

Some people are really too paranoid. There's a fine line. Leaving your child strapped in the car, when you can see the car & taking some bags in is NOT bad parenting..sorry..its not. Example of bad choice: leaving kid in car at gas station, car running, unlocked, go in to pay for gas. (this happened by me. it was on the news. this is a really "nice" area too. showed father on the news. wearing a suit. nice car. you think he'd know better. they found car btw two blocks away, abandon w/ the child still in it.) Nobody is going to come steal your non running car out of your driveway though w/ the kids in it while you are right there. Also child is not going to drive your car away while you put some bags inside.